Oh dear! What have we here? This is a Bollywood science fiction (and I use that term very lightly!) film that was apparently made in 1967, though it looks more 1950s to me. It was directed by one T.P. Sundaram. It is ostensibly about an astronaut who gets kidnapped to the moon and then has [...]

Here’s another short film by Phoebe Parsons. Her deliberately low-tech romantic science fiction tales are captivating because they are actually poems. My favorite part of this one is the amazing rocket ride. I posted about another of Parsons’ films here.

Disney’s lavish history of rockets leading right up to a pre-Sputnik 1955! Parts 2 – 8 after the jump

Excerpt 1 – First Men in Space: The film is in Russian but you absolutely do not need to know Russian to enjoy it!  Unfortunately, I can’t find the entire film, only these three excerpts. Pavel Klushantsev’s 1957 film, Road to the Stars, features astoundingly realistic special effects that were an inspiration and obvious blueprint [...]

A film about an attractive spy during a rocket launch. By Clement Bolla, Aurelia Vernhes, and Laurent Gillot.

This is a 1950 movie trailer for Flight to Mars.  It’s a grade B science fiction pulp adventure about an expedition to mars that encounters an underground civilization.  I think it actually has a very nice look with lots of color, great sets and fantastic costumes. By the way, if you like pulpy sci-fi and [...]